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Two part mini-series documenting the stormy thirty-eight-year reign of King Henry VIII.

An unruly class of gifted and charming teenage boys are taught by two eccentric and innovative teachers, as their headmaster pushes for them all to get accepted into Oxford or Cambridge.

On his deathbed, King Henry VIII looks back over his eventful life and his six marriages.

Based on the controversial novel by Philippa Gregory, "The Other Boleyn Girl" is a fictionalised account of the life of Lady Mary Boleyn who becomes mistress to England's King Henry VIII, before being ousted by her younger sister, Anne. Mary leaves the Court to marry a commoner, but returns when Anne embarks on a reckless policy to save herself from ruin.

A poor boy named Tom Canty and the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.

Historian Lucy Worsley visits the time of Henry VIII and tells the story of his six successive wives.

Henry VIII marries Marie of Normandy but struggles with her garlic consumption. He seeks to annul the marriage without angering her cousin, the French king, by finding legal grounds for the annulment to avoid political conflict.

The King and a poor boy swap places.

A dramatization of Lady Jane Grey's short life, from her forced marriage (which she resisted), to her brief reign as monarch of England, and finally to her beheading. This movie portrays her as an innocent set up for the slaughter, while the scheming courtiers and pretenders to the throne barely pay her mind, as they stab each other in the back in their attempts to gain power and influence.

Every year on a night in May, the centuries-old tale goes, the spectre of Anne Boleyn rided up to Blickling Hall in a coach driven by a headless horseman, dressed in pure white, drenched in blood from her decapitated head in her lap.

The true story behind various nursery rhymes is explored.

Queen Anne Boleyn entertains her husband King Henry VIII by providing young women to satisfy his sexual needs, in this Historical sexposé that reveals the web of conspiracy and debauchery in the Tudor court.

King Henry VIII doesn't wear his heart on his sleeve, he carries it with him in the emblem of the Tudor Dynasty a red rose. Love for him is a seasonal cycle. His first wife Katherine of Aragon knows her bloom has faded and is forced to watch him pursue the affections of her alluring lady in waiting Anne Boleyn. But even Anne experiences the withering of the rose, when Henry once more turns his eyes to another woman and offers her the Tudor Rose.

A survey of Hans Holbein's career from his beginnings as a religious painter to his work for Henry VIII and beyond. The program also includes a close analysis of "The Ambassadors"

The courtship and marriage of King Henry VIII and Catherine Howard.

In a world of odd people and surreal habits, the Queen weeps and wails: her daughter Betty won't wake up. With the court looking on, the King swings into action, jiggling the bed with the help of a knight, calling on a doctor and then a witch, and also phoning for a prince. As the prince, on his steed, makes his way to Betty's bedside - a trip replete with adventures - we watch others try to wake the young woman. On-lookers include a jester, Henry VIII, Queen Victoria, and a multi-eyed gargoyle. Will the prince make everything right? Where are we?

Worried that the presence of the imprisoned Earl of Warwick will threaten his dynasty, Henry has him entrapped into an act of treason to justify his execution.

From grand pageants to war for land, from a fascinated media and public to secret dealings and marriages with Hollywood celebrities, the Royal family of the United Kingdom has held us spellbound for centuries. Today there every statement and action is monitored and reported on to the masses. But it wasn't always this way. The origins and evolution of the royal family is an amazing tale of tears and bloodshed. It is a world of high religion and low political scandal. It is a story with more intrigue and drama than any Hollywood blockbuster and has been told and retold. And yet, the whole royal system and history is a confusing world that most people, including the English, simply don't understand. In this film, we will unravel the legends, myths and history of a family that has us held within its mesmerizing grip. What were the origins, what does it all mean? We will answer these and more questions and bring us up to date with the very latest births and marriages. From the Royal romances of Prince William and Kate Middleton to Prince Harry and Hollywood star, Meghan Markle. It's time to enter the land of royalty.

King Henry the Eighth's new wife, Queen Annie, discovers that Henry doesn't know the first thing about the "facts of life", so she turns to the king's adviser, Sir Thomas.

Will Rogers, America's unofficial ambassador abroad, invites us to rural England. He starts at Windsor Castle, and we see the boys at Eton in their top hats. He motors past the oak trees of the king's riding park, where he strolls up to deer. Then it's on to Thomas Gray's churchyard and to a thatched cottage. Rogers buys 'hollyhawks' from a vendor, stops at Ascot, and goes to Hampton Court Palace to see Henry VIII's private garden and the first tennis court. He concludes with a boat ride down the 'Temms' past country estates, elaborate house boats, and picnicking punters. A stop at a riverside hotel for tea ends the tour. Rogers makes wry observations throughout.

A promotional short for the film Anne of the Thousand Days (1969).

Having broken with the Church of Rome and banished Catherine, Henry marries the handmaiden Anne Boleyn. However, when she bears him a stillborn son, he plots to have her beheaded.

Katherine Howard is perhaps the most tragic of Henry's wives. When she was just 18 years of age, Henry became absolutely besotted with her stunning beauty and unbridled sexuality. Unfortunately for his queen, she found it hard to make do with only Henry's loving which left the King with only one option - to cut off her head. Catherine Parr Possibly the most intelligent and humane of Henry's wives.